Introduction

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Essay question examples

Answer one of the following questions in 1,500 words. You should base your response on a solid understanding of topics from semester one of the course. However, you are also encouraged to use proper scholarly sources from your own research if you deem them relevant

• A good manager should have a grasp of history. Critically discuss this statement using relevant materials from across the course. 

• Max Weber famously thought that bureaucracy was the most efficient way of managing an organisation. Do you agree? Critically discuss using relevant materials from across the course. 

• Using rational methods, it is possible to find a ‘one best way’ of managing that everyone in an organisation can agree upon. Critically discuss this statement using relevant materials from across the course. 

• Human relations theory, including the work of Elton Mayo and the Tavistock Group, is a more ‘human’ style of management than FW Taylor’s Scientific Management. Critically discuss this statement using relevant materials from across the course. 

• Management is an act of domination. Critically discuss this statement using relevant materials from across the course. 

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